European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 06, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 6,1977 Gen. George s. Blanchard Leftus eur and seventh army com Mander in chief and Heilbronn lord Knight of the Harvest mayor Hans Hoffmann ride in a Carri age during the Heilbronner Herbst festival Parade. Blanchard became a Knight of the Harvest in 1973, and the general has attended every festival but one since then. Genera obeys returns to the fest Story and photo by de Hill Stuttgart Bureau chief Heilbronn Germany is wine festival time is in full swing in Germany traditional events that go Back several Hundred years. Heilbronn recently celebrated its new wines with a festival called Heilbronner  while the festival dates Back More than 300 years something new has been added during the last 30. Each year the City elects three people to be named Herbst Ritter or knights of the Harvest. It is expected that the knights attend every Heil Airliner crashes in Ecuador All 33 aboard die Guayaquil Ecuador a All 33 persons aboard an ecuadorean Airliner were killed when it crashed into a Moun Tain Peak sunday in Southern Ecuador aviation authorities reported. It was believed that no foreigners were among the 28 passengers and five Crew members the authorities said. Three of the passengers were soccer referees on their Way to a match. The plane a Viscount operated by san airways was completing a flight from Guayaquil to Cuenca 100 Miles to the South. After the Crew requested Permis Sion to land nothing further was heard and a search plane found the wreckage on the Side of a High Peak in the Cajas mountains about 25 Miles North of Cuenca. Officials said the plane exploded and burned. Army helicopters brought the bodies of the victims to Cuenca. Another ecuadorean Airliner disappeared with 55 passengers on a flight from Quito to Cuenca 13 months ago but the wreckage has never been found. Stock Market closed no Stock list appears today on this Page because of the labor Day Holiday observed monday by american business and financial institutions in the . Bronner Herbst thereafter if at All possible. In 1973, then it. Gen. George s. Blan Chard was  in 73, when i became a her Stritter lord mayor Hans Hoffmann gave me an order to return every year. He said it s not very often that i have a Chance to give orders to a general what could i say i said yes sir " since then Blanchard who is now Usa eur and seventh army commander in chief has missed attending Only last year when he had to be in the ., festival officials said. Blanchard was the first american to be knighted in Heilbronn during the three decade history of the custom. The Knighthood custom is very special Here said the lord mayor. To have Gen eral Blanchard As a Herbst Ritter is our Way of showing our pleasure with the German american relationship Here in  even the weather cooperated. Less than an hour before the Parade from the City Hall to the festival grounds heavy rain was falling. Then the rain stopped. The Parade went off on schedule. Soon after All the Parade participants and Many of the spectators were safely inside the festival text the Clouds let Loose again. It was raining so hard that there were Little Rivers running under the tables but with Good wine Good food and  no one cared. 7 swimmers sought for american team Baum older Germany is officials Here Are looking for seven swim mers to enter an International life saving Competition in nearby Idar Oberstein. A Public affairs spokeswoman said a seven member . Team would compete sept. 24 against teams from other euro Pean nations. The meet is sponsored by a German army artillery school in Idar Oberstein the spokeswoman said. Events will include life saving and diving competitions As Well As team relays. Interested persons can Contact the Baum older Public affairs office at Baum older military 2231 6191 or 7248. Go learns revival method saves a life the next week Baum older Germany is a specialist four traffic Accident investigator who recently Learned to perform heart Massage saved the life of a sergeant s wife Here with the newly Learned medical treatment 8th inf div officials said. Spec. 4 Bobby j. Sage 19, of the 92nd my co and his partner spec. 4 Dale Sammann answered a Call August 15 from sgt. Thomas Barger of b co 1st in 13th inf whose wife was having difficulty breath ing an official  told army officials when we reached the Barger s apartment mrs. Betty Barger was gasping for breath. Suddenly she just stopped breathing. It was obvious that her heart had  a week earlier Sage had taken a medical training course which included heart Mas Sage. He told the officials it turned out i needed  the Shafter calif., native applied closed heart Massage to mrs. Barger and she started breathing again the official said but while they were waiting for an ambulance her heart stopped again twice. Both times Sage manually started her heart again. He told the officials i just did it out of reflex. I m just Happy she is alive. It was touch and go there for a  mrs. Barger was taken to the 2nd Gener Al Hospital in Lan Stuhl where she was treated and later that night released the official said. The stars and stripes Page 27 spa assails Kappler s Italy escape Bonn up the National commit tee of the West German social democratic party after hearing a report by Chancellor Helmut Schmidt condemned monday the escape from Italy of nazi War criminal Herbert Kappler. It said the passage of years can not wipe out his crime. A party communique said Schmidt former Chancellor Willy Brandt and other committee members agreed the aug. 15 escape from a Rome military Hospital was a violation of italian Law. Brandt told the meeting so far As he knows Neo nazis were not involved in the escape of Kappler the former nazi police chief in Rome who was convicted of the 1944 reprisal killing of 335 italians. The horror of the murder of hostages can not be eradicated even after three dec Ades the committee said. Violation disapproved just As we expect other states to re Spect our Constitution and Legal order so must the italian Constitution and Legal order be respected. A violation of the ital Ian Legal order As happened recently in the Kappler incident is therefore to be  the committee added that it did not be Lieve the escape would permanently damage italian German relations which have been Hurt by Bonn s refusal to extra Dite Kappler. Brandt the chairman of the party told the meeting that according to his knowl Edge and impressions the Kappler events had nothing to do with radicalism on the right the communique said. Brandt thus took Issue with some West German and italian press reports that Neo nazis and organizations of former nazi is members were involved in the escape. Unfounded accusations against the Federal Republic of Germany must be rejected Brandt said. Repeats fears however Brandt repeated his fears of a growth of extreme right movements in West Germany an Issue in which he is not in Complete agreement with the govern ment. Brandt said Neo nazis should not be Al Lowed to display the Swastika the nazi Symbol or carry on nazi propaganda. We must see to it that the younger generation does not lose sight of our historical experience with fascism the communique quoted him As saying. In a letter to Schmidt in july Brandt said authorities were tolerating extreme right Wing activity while taking action against the left Wing. The letter was written before the escape of Kappler but Brandt released it after the escape in what was considered a sign of disapproval of the government s handling of the Kappler affair. Conversion rates Brussels up monday s closing rates of the . Dollar to european currencies. Figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other local currencies to dollars sept.? sept 5 Brit a Pound 1.7417 a.7413 German Mark 2.3186 2.3233 French franc 4.9055 4.9115 dutch Guilder 2.4480 2.4595 belgian franc 35.65 35.73 italian lira 382.25 882.45 Swiss franc 2.3935 2.3965 greek drachma 36 65 turkish lira 17.50 Spanish peseta 84.40 these Are commercial banking rates and in most cases Are not available to the Public at the exact rate indicated. The Sale of Marks to . 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